Interviews

Scratch Tour 2003: Put the Needle On the Future…And The Past (Interview With Rob Swift)

Shane Handler November 11, 2003 No Comments

On the heels of the acclaimed feature film documentary, Scratch, which chronicles the birth and evolution of the hip-hop DJ, the Scratch Tour 2003 features turntable masters QBert, Mix Master Mike, X-ecutioners, Z-Trip and the Original Jazzy Jay. Incorporating multimedia artists and opening sets by local DJs, the Scratch Tour proves DJs are more than equal to their traditional instrument peers

Badly Drawn Boy Returns (Interview With Damon Gough)

Shane Handler November 11, 2003 No Comments

Contrary to what you

How Do I Get Paid?: Public Performance Money And The New Webcasting Royalty

Dina Lapolt, Esq. November 11, 2003 No Comments

The United States drastically differs from other nations with respect to payment of public performance royalties. However, that may soon change in the artists

Elephant: A New Perspective On Columbine

E.c. Thomas November 11, 2003 No Comments

With his newest film, Elephant, writer/director Gus Van Sant continues his exploration into what it

Garaj Mahal: Simplifying The Equation (Interview with Fareed Haque)

E Ward November 11, 2003 No Comments

Chris Robinson: A Truck Stop In Toledo (INTERVIEW)

E Ward October 26, 2003 No Comments

With The Black Crowes on hiatus, the band

Andy Hess: New Mule For The Bass Ride (INTERVIEW)

Shane Handler October 6, 2003 No Comments

Since Allan Woody

Bucky Lasek: Skateboarding Is Not A Hobby (INTERVIEW)

E Ward October 6, 2003 No Comments

Just as the lines of diverse music genres have continued to outgrow preconceived labeling, the world of “extreme games” is experiencing it

The Incredible Moses Leroy: Making Simple, Incredible (Interview With Ron Fountenberry)

E Ward October 6, 2003 No Comments

The recent surge in singer-songwriters has given pop music a certain level of respect it once had, before losing it to over-sensationalized choreography and flashy outfits for teens. The acoustic rhythms and lyrical sincerity of the genre are free from the over-produced work more elaborate pop-rock stars inevitably succumb to. While still simple in structure, this reflection back to the roots of songwriting has resurrected an industry plagued with turmoil and profit-loss with it’s little touch of integrity. And now, as The Incredible Moses Leroy is beginning to prove, the category no longer must be synonymous with a solo mic and acoustic guitar, but free to embrace all of our creative contemporary outlets.

American Splendor: Comic Books Go Cannes (Interview With Harvey Pekar)

E.c. Thomas October 6, 2003 No Comments

Since 1976, Harvey Pekar’s intimate worldview has been captured and published in his own comic book American Splendor. The first comic book of its kind, it truly is nothing more, and nothing less, than the everyday that is Harvey Pekar. And now that unique, and at the same time universal perspective of the 9-5 working man negotiating his way through the ordinary and absurdity of life is on silver screens across the country.